Prerequisites


This topic deals with the following prerequisites for setting up Firewall Analyzer in your enterprise.

Ports to be Freed

Firewall Analyzer requires the following ports to be free:

 

Port Number Usage
8500 This is the default web server port. You will access the Firewall Analyzer server from a web browser using this port number. You may change this port during installation.
514, 1514 These are the default listener ports on which Firewall Analyzer listens for incoming logs exported from devices. You can add more ports on which Firewall Analyzer can listen for incoming logs.
33336 This is the port used to connect to the PostgreSQL/MySQL database in Firewall Analyzer

 

 

Tip

Look up Changing Default Ports for help on changing the default ports used by Firewall Analyzer

 

Recommended System Setup

Apart from the System Requirements, the following setup would ensure optimal performance from Firewall Analyzer:

Changing Default Ports

Changing the default PostgreSQL port:

 

url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:33336/firewall?stringtype=unspecified

to

url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:<desired port number>/firewall?stringtype=unspecified

Changing the default web server port:

<Connector acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" debug="3" disableUploadTimeout="true" enableLookups="false" maxSpareThreads="75" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" port="8500" redirectPort="8443"/>

to

<Connector acceptCount="100" connectionTimeout="20000" debug="3" disableUploadTimeout="true" enableLookups="false" maxSpareThreads="75" maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" port="<desired port number>" redirectPort="8443"/>

 

Permission to access PostgreSQL to troubleshoot

host all all <IP address of the remote machine to be used to trouble shoot>/32 trust

 

after the line

 

host all all 127.0.0.1/32 trust

 

and save the file.

 

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